Jennifer Nettles served as host of Farmer Desires a Spouse for its first two seasons on Fox in 2023 and 2024. Nonetheless, she is not going to be returning for Season 3 in March 2025.
Whereas the present has nabbed a wonderful alternative, there’s little doubt that Nettles will probably be missed. Scroll down for every thing we find out about her absence and who will probably be internet hosting as a substitute.
Why did Jennifer Nettles depart Farmer Desires a Spouse?
Nettles has not addressed her departure from the present, however she’s been holding very busy over the previous 12 months. In April 2024, she and Kristian Bush reunited as Sugarland on the CMT Awards. The duo had been on a six-year hiatus on the time.
4 months later, they launched their EP There Goes the Neighborhood, then promoted it on a joint tour with Little Huge City from October to December. Since Farmer Desires a Spouse seemingly filmed sooner or later in 2024, manufacturing most likely didn’t slot in with Nettles’ busy music schedule.
Nettles additionally has an performing profession to deal with. She performs Aimee-Leigh Gemstone on The Righteous Gems, and later this 12 months, she’ll return to the stage because the star of Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo, which she wrote the guide and rating for. The present will run November 25-December 21, however Nettles has been arduous at work writing the present for fairly a while.
Who’s changing Jennifer Nettles on Farmer Desires a Spouse?
Kimberly Williams-Paisley is the brand new Farmer Desires a Spouse host. The casting information was introduced in December 2024.
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“I loved being myself on this present, which was a brand new expertise for me with my first unscripted sequence,” the actress shared. “As a result of I’m a metropolis woman who embraced the nation life once I married my husband [Brad Paisley] 21 years in the past, I associated to the attract of a farmer for these girls. I actually respect how devoted this present and its producers are in serving to these hopeful farmers and girls discover love.”
Farmer Desires a Spouse, Season 3 Premiere, Thursday, March 20, 9/8c, Fox